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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Monday, May8, 2000 ing High Pegasus’ Status For Preakness Is Undecided Delmore’s hattrick helps Flyers winthird straight gamein series BY ED SCHUYLERJR. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After being bothered byflies on his walk to the paddock, Fusaichi think will be a Triple Crown “That's Triple Andy Delmore, whose gamewinning goal started Philadelphia’s comeback from a 2-0 series deficit, tied a playoff record for a defensemanwith three goals as the Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 Sunday for a 3-2 lead in a Crown nine trainer of The Eastern Conferencesemifinals. MarkRecchi hadagoal andfour assists and the Flyers fed off the Deputy, 14th as the second favorite ina field of. 19! ~at Churchill Downs. Neil Drysdale momentumcreatedby winningthe third-longest gamein NHL history — and the fans who could barely wait until Sundayto celebrateit. TheFlyers, clearly revved up by “Tf you ask me,he’s a Tri- their historic 2-1, five-overtime ple Crown winner,” said Alex Has- victory in Game 4 Thursday night — the NHL’s longest in 64 years — scored Sunday in the opening minute of the first two periods. They owneda 3-0 lead with 16 seconds gone in the secondperiod. singer, trainer of Anees, the 1999 2-year-old champion whofinished 13th. Trainer Neil Drysdale, however, refused on Sunday to commit Fusaichi Pegasusto the Preakness. Told that Drysdale was unde- “It's all about confidence, and that’s what winning the [fiveovertime] game did for us,” said Daymond Langkow, who scored with 23 seconds goneas the Flyers needed only 3:27 to opena 2-0 lead. Recchi hadonly one goal in the Flyers’ first nine playoff games, cided about the May 20 race, trainer D. Wayne Lukas, whose three starters were not among the first 10 finishers,said: “CountNeil in.” Fusaichi Pegasuscan get feisty but was a cool professional in becomingthefirst favorite to win the but said, “Everything was going in today. It was a hugestart for us. We Derby since Spectacular Bid in 1979. He did kick up his heels in front of the stands on his way to be wantedto show themthat we hada “He got a little hot going over,” 126 Derbys. Drysdale said he probably won’t makea decision until after the colt has two workouts at Churchill Downs. The second workout will be next week. “T have to see how it comes out of this race before we go on to the nextone,”hesaid. Drysdale also was undecided about the next race for War Chant, ninth in the Derby. Should Fusaichi Pegasus go to Baltimore and win the Preakness, he would be the fourth straight Derby winnerto have a shotat becoming the 12th Triple Crown champion. Silver Charm (1997) and Real Quiet (’98) finished second in the Belmont Stakes and Charismatic finished third last year. The last Triple Crown winner was Af- firmedin '78. Lukas, at a loss to explain the 15th-placefinish ofHigh Yield, said the Blue Grass winnerwill run in the Preakness. His other two Derby starters, Exchange Rate (11th) and Commendable (17th), will not. “T haven't made up my mind yet,” said Harold Rose, the 88year old owner-trainer of Florida Derby winnerHal’s Hope, who finished 16th after leading forthefirst three-quartersof a mile. stretch-running Aptitude will skip the 13-16 Preaknessandaimfor the 1mile BelmontStakes. Jagrleft early in the second pe riod, apparently with a pulledleft quadriceps muscle, as the seventh-seeded Penguins lost their third in a rowafter stunning the top-seeded Flyers in- the first two games in Philadelphia. Jagr esti mates he has a 90-percent chance of playing: Game 6 Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Piyers 6, Penguins 3 la co 2 Frist Penod-—1, Phiadebpa Langkow 4 (Rece LeCia), 23 Pie Done9 (es, Pre) 27 Peres LeesPb keg) 202 Koa,oe Bart Pica 1081, McG, Pr Second Pe nega Mciis2(Fe Facereeleet doapea We5+ 6 Phiedepia foci) 706, Recch, Pi unporsmanike conduct veg, 706 och, cb i 122 Barat mata 1750, Bough. Pi(roughing) 1845, ichardson Pi etsrorme argc 45 Thad Petiod—7, Pisbugh Kasparats 1 ha. Damore (Toochet, Frmea (wih 842 Penalties Corel. (os Prac) Shots on goal—Pmsburgh 10-11-1782 1131-97. Powe-slay Opp uniias—Prsburgh 0 of 2 Phila Goales—Pitsburgh, Tugnit6-(26 shois-21 saves), Sku 311-10) Philadelphia, Boucher 7:3 (3229), four gamesof the series. No team Stars Are Out, Moving Lindros’ Latest Concussion On to Western Finals Dallas routs Sharks to captureseriesin five games THE ASSOCIATEDPI DALLAS — Ed Belfour and Mike Modano have been doing what they do best all postseason. Now that Joe Nieuwendyk has joined them, the Dallas Stars feel good about their chances of defending the Stanley Cup. Nieuwendyk got the Dallas offense going with anearly goal and linemate Scott Thornton added a goal and twoassists as the Stars beat San Jose 4-1 Sunday night, eliminating the Sharks in five games. The Stars advanced to a _rematch of last year’s Western Con- ferencefinals against the Colorado Avalanche, The first two games will be in Dallas; the leagueis expectedto release a schedule today. Many consider Colorado the Steve Shields midway through the Jose.” first four games and had points in the last eight games before being blanked Sunday. His line still came through, though, as Brett Hull put in a rebound of his own shot for a power-play goal that made it 3-0 early in the third The Sharks played without OwenNolan, their leading scorer, or Bryan Marchment, their most physical defenseman. Both were about this team having two domi- nant centers,” San Jose Coach Darryl Suttersaid. “That showed.” Dallasalso has the kind of hot goalie teams often ride to championships. missed as San Jose failed to beat Belfour despite manygood scoring chances. Nolan, whohad foot and shoulder injuries, missed this game be- cause of a strained abdominal muscle. Suttersaid the team knew after Game 4 that he wasn’t going to play. Marchment, who injured a groin muscle, didn’t eventravel to Dallas. Belfour wonhis eighth straight playoff game at Reunion Arena knockout blows. This was the sixth straight series Dallas has closedoutonits first chance. “T felt strong today,” Belfour said, who revealed he had been Eric Lin- in Game5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. jeopardy. center scored a goal in each of the minutes, 25 seconds before being beaten midway throughthe third period with the Stars already up 40. He also helped continue the Stars’ trend of delivering quick Nieuwendyk, the MVP oflast PHILADELPHIA — dros’ comeback plans are suffering with the flu the last few 4 period. “We talked before the series after Philadelphia’s 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday in THEASSOCIATED PRI Toronto at New Jersey, 5 p.m., New Jersey leads series 3-2 Scott Driscoll Ray Scapnello. MayFinally End His Season Dallas 4, San Jose 1, Dallas wins series4-1 lay days. “This was huge for us. Nobody wantedto travel back to San wendyk and hisline look like as year’s championship run, started rolling with twogoals in a 5-4 victory in Game4. Hefollowed that Sunday Philadelphia 6, Pitsbugh 3, Philadelphia leadsseries 3-2 He basically was picking up where Modano leftoff. The top-line and came within 11:28 of a third straight shutout on his homeice. He ran scoreless streak to 187 muchofa threat as Modanoandhis, ____NHLPlayoffs NHL first period for a 1-0 lead. team to beat becauseofits solid depth and great defensemen. But Dallasis optimistic nowthat Nieu- confidence.” and for his U.S. debut Jan.2. Trainer Bobby Frankel said the wasn't factorfor the second game in arow. difficult for them.” Theroad teamhadwonthefirst his five starts in England last year said The Deputy will go back to defenseman, has five goals in the series — as many as NHL scoring champion Jarom Jagr, who Philadelphia Flyers goalie Brian Boucher,right, knocks away a shotby the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Matthew Barnabyduringthefirst period Sundayin Philadelphia. The Flyers won, 6-3,for a 3-2 series lead. California and return to racing on the grass, a surface he raced on in whatis next for Anees, but Sahadi games. Delmore, an undrafted rookie lot of energy even after the long game, andweweregoingto makeit partners. “Those guys have lugged a lot for a long time,” Nieuwendyk said. “Now, we're chipping in and getting some production. Colorado is asolid group, but we've gota lot of Hassingersaid he did not know Philadelphia's first five goals, twice setting up Delmore, who had only two goals in 26 regular-season Chris Gardner/TheAssociated Press saddled. Drysdalesaid. “Someflies got on himandhegotirritated with the flies. I threw a fly sheet over him and it annoyed him,so tookitoff.” The colt finished 1% lengths ahead of Aptitude. The timeof2:01 for 14milestied the sixth fastest in Recchi had a hand in each of PHILADELPHIA — Thelast one took five overtimes. This one didn’t take five minutes. thefirst step of what sometrainers journey. has won an NHL playoffseries by winning four road games. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pegasus tookflight in the Kentucky Derby, Lindros sustained another concussion — his third since January — after a collision during a prac- tice drill Thursday. ‘San Jose 001-1 would be big helpto usif we were able to go further in the playoffs,” Philadelphia Flyers for the Snider said, reacting to an earlier Eastern Conferencefinals. Lindros would be out for the It report in The Toronto Star that season. appears Lindros has been recovering Lindros might be out for the season, though his doctor, from a Grade II concussion that hassidelined him since March13. Thelatest concussionishisfifth in Eric Lindros twoyears. James Kelly of Chicago, did not confirm it in a report sent to the team Friday. “Tt’s a shame to see a player get hurt again,” Flyers interim coach interviewand submitted his report Craig Ramsaysaid. “It’s very upsetting to Eric because he had vi sions of comingback.” Carl Lindros, Eric’s father and to agent, called the injury “a signifi Kelly diagnosed Lindros with a Flyers management. Team 2024 Da Nene(Pane Lanne on 2 (at1334 Paty—Danghse SI chairman Ed Snider said the re- Seoond Petod—None. Panaty—Lagenbrunner, Dal (tearing) 7 Tha Pein.A 4cn,2) Dae. 4 a | agesThom, 69 9). 8 Vaan 852 pp) PolestroSI(> aor 2 Sate ‘1 (Ssh308 Manu Dal (obowg) 655 Lage brunmer, Dal, double minor (roughing). 1455; Granta, Sd (eughng) 1455 ‘Shotson goal—San Jose 713-1333. Dalas 144-1220. Power lay OpporturitesSan Jose 1 o3;Dalas 23 Sosier—Sanoe, She?sO ear 82183 A700 (700) Releroes—Kery Fraser, Richard Troe. Unesmen—Brad La arowich, Dan Schachi, ‘A Grade II concussion means Lindros would have to be symptom-free for at least two weeks before he can becleared to skate. That wouldrule himoutof the Eastern Conference finals should the Flyers advance. “We haven't beentold by anyonethat heis out for the seasoi port had “no mention whatsoever of himbeing out forthe s Flyers spokesman Zack Hill said cant setback.” Brett Lindros, Eric’s younger brother, retired from hockey in May 1996 because of concussion-related problems. Snider said he was informedof the severity of the injurypriorto Sunday’s game. “I'm surprised to hearit sec: ondhand and I’m surprised that the organization was not informed first,” Snider said. Lindros missed 27 games in the regularseasonwith injuries. with a nifty move to beat goalie fs Sw HAIRGRAFTSjust $1999!* Volkswagen Jetta DON'T MISS OUT! OFFER EXPIRES MAY 31ST. 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